Tema: Hablemos de Buffy TVS y Angel

Artículo de filmschoolrejects.com (los que llevan la cuenta One Perfect Shot en twitter) sobre el musical:

Revisiting Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Musical Episode,"Once More With Feeling"

Curiosas fotos de la premiere de la película de 1992!

PREMIERE #TBT: 'BUFFY, LA CAZAVAMPIROS'

Artículo de la TV Guide sobre Killing Eve/Buffy. Siempre mola que conecten con mi serie favorita

Killing Eve Reprises Buffy's Catastrophic Queer Desire

A tenor del estreno de Dark Phoenix:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER GAVE US THE BEST DARK PHOENIX ADAPTATION OF ALL

How Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed TV and no one noticed

Entertainment Weekly, al igual que hizo con Buffy, celebra el 20 aniversario de Angel con un especial:

Angel cast and creators reunite for 20th anniversary of beloved vampire drama series

Vídeo de 45 mins de People sobre la reunión de Angel para Entertainment Weekly

Preguntan por los episodios favoritos de cada uno:

Boreanaz dice el piloto (escrito por Whedon y Greenwalt, dirigido por Whedon)

Carpenter, parece que dice dos, Birthday (escrito por Mere Smith, dirigido por Michael Grossman) pero luego dice el gran You're Welcome (escrito y dirigido por David Fury)

Amy Acker dice Spin The Bottle (escrito y dirigido por Joss Whedon)

J. August Richards dice Waiting in the Wings (escrito y dirigido por Joss Whedon)

James Marsters creo que cita varios y creo que no muestran el que elige Alexis Denisof o no lo he pillado.

Una película es lo que tendrían que hacer, o un especial, aunque ahora estén más viejunos, pero se conservan bastante bien y el maquillaje hace milagros.

Nunca veremos nada nuevo ni de Angel ni de Buffy, al menos con estos actores. Menos mal que tuvimos comics continuando la cosa dignamente.

Ronda de artículos:

Here’s Why The Most Terrifying ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Villain Isn’t Who You Think It Is

Warren Mears...

The 11 Most Groundbreaking Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episodes

(orden cronológico)

1. Piloto (guión Joss Whedon)
2. Surprise/Innocence (Marti Noxon/Joss Whedon)
3. The Wish (Marti Noxon)
4. Hush (Joss Whedon)
5. Restless (Joss Whedon)
6. The Body (Joss Whedon)
7. The Gift (Joss Whedon)
8. Once More With Feeling (Joss Whedon)
9. Tabula Rasa (Rebecca Rand Kirshner)
10. Chosen (Joss Whedon)

10 Iconic Buffy Summers Outfits and What Dates with Faith I’ve Decided She Should Wear Them To

Este lo cuelgo porque el propio Joss Whedon lo ha retuiteado (y en el proceso le ha dado un like a un servidor )

Tras 566.000 votos, Buffy elegida mejor personaje femenino de TV de todos los tiempos (y Willow en el 8)

The Greatest Female TV Characters of All Time

ScreenRant elige los 5 mejores y peores episodios de Angel:

Angel: 5 Best Episodes (And 5 Worst)

Mejores:

1. I Will Remember You (David Greenwalt, Jeannine Renshaw)
2. Deep Down (Steven S. DeKnight)
3. Sleep Tight (David Greenwalt)
4. Reunion (Tim Minear, Shawn Ryan)
5. Smile Time (historia Joss Whedon y Ben Edlund, guión Ben Edlund)


Peores:

1. Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Jeffrey Bell)
2. The Girl in Question (Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight)
3. Double or Nothing (David Goodman)
4. Expecting (Howard Gordon)
5. Provider (Scott Murphy)

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ScreenRant elige los 5 mejores y peores episodios de Angel:

Angel: 5 Best Episodes (And 5 Worst)

Mejores:

1. I Will Remember You (David Greenwalt, Jeannine Renshaw)
2. Deep Down (Steven S. DeKnight)
3. Sleep Tight (David Greenwalt)
4. Reunion (Tim Minear, Shawn Ryan)
5. Smile Time (historia Joss Whedon y Ben Edlund, guión Ben Edlund)


Peores:

1. Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Jeffrey Bell)
2. The Girl in Question (Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight)
3. Double or Nothing (David Goodman)
4. Expecting (Howard Gordon)
5. Provider (Scott Murphy)

No concibo un top five sin Spin the Bootle, Waiting in the Wings, You are Welcome o Not Fade Away (o toda la quinta temporada, ya que nos ponemos).

Claro que las listas son como los hijos. Cada uno concibe el suyo.

Still:

Sebassis: The circle does not abide secrets.
Angel: Which is interesting for a secret society.

Angel: People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do.
Hamilton: Yeah, but we won't care.

Connor: C'mon, you drop by for a cup of coffee and the world's not ending? Please.

Illyria: I will fight. I've been broken and humiliated. I will return in kind every blow, every sting. I will shred my adversaries, pull their eyes out just enough to turn them toward their mewling, mutilated faces.
Wesley: You're a very inspriational person. Have I mentioned that?

Bartender: Your funeral.
Spike: Well, I never had a proper one.

Illyria: Would you like me to lie to you now?
Wesley: Yes. Thank you, yes.

Spike: You're suposed to wear that red stuff on the inside, Charlie boy.

Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence.
Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
Angel: Among other things.
Gunn: Okay, you take the 30,000 on the left.
Illyria: You're fading. You'll last ten minutes at the most.
Gunn: Then let's make them memorable.
Spike: And in terms of a plan...?
Angel: We fight.
Spike: Bit more specific.
Angel: Well, personally, I kinda want to slay the dragon. Let's go to work.



FUCK IT!!! Mi lista es la buena...

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No concibo un top five sin Spin the Bootle, Waiting in the Wings, You are Welcome o Not Fade Away (o toda la quinta temporada, ya que nos ponemos).

Yo no me fijé pero otro de un foro sí: hay una elección de cada temporada para cada lista. Así se explica un poco que haya salido una lista tan rara. Efectivamente en cualquier top 10-15 de Angel sale Waiting in the Wings (AHÍ se nota que Angel the series no era el vehículo de Whedon como sí lo era Buffy, porque de repente sale un episodio estiloso, sexualmente atrevido -joder con Angel y Cordelia y cuando ella nota que la cosa está dura - y todo él tiene un aire distinto), Spin the Bottle (por divertido y fresco), You're Welcome (dolor puro, eso fue peor que lo de Tara, joder, ese final.. ) y Not Fade Away como final más que notable. Añadiría, de la 5a, Smile Time o You're Welcome. Y de las anteriores el segundo de Faith en la 1a temporada y varios de Tim Minear en la 2a y 3a.

Qué serie.. Lo qué se ha perdido mucha gente

Artículo sobre la escena final de Beneath You, la de la iglesia. Dicha escena, originalmente escrita por el guionista acreditado, Doug Petrie (del big 5 de guionistas de Buffy: Whedon, Noxon, Espenson, Fury y Petrie, con mención para Greenwalt, claro) y dirigida por Nick Marck, fue reescrita y redodada por Whedon.

James Marsters (Spike):

JM: There was a scene between Buffy and me in a church, and I think I ended up draping myself over a cross. I was very, very sad. [It was] a very dramatic scene. [Joss Whedon] didn’t direct it. He saw the footage and came up to me and he said, “Okay, James, I’ve got good news and bad news, what do you want?” I said, “Well, give me the bad news first.” He said, “Okay. That scene that was so important, your whole career-making scene? That sucks. It’s horrible. You kind of overacted. It’s not your fault. It was the direction. But it’s just so on the nose, and it’s just cringe-worthy. Do you want the good news?” I said, “Yeah.” He said, “Okay, I’m going to rewrite it, I’m going to direct it, I’m going to save this, it’s going to be right. Don’t worry.”

Y no mintió. Pedazo momento. Bien pues enlazo un artículo sobre dicho momento:

In the Soddin' Engine: A Look at the Beneath You Church Scene

Termina así: This is an incredibly powerful scene that always moves me to tears. It's beautifully directed and acted by both James Marsters and Sarah Michelle Gellar. I can't give enough kudos to it. It works in so many ways, and forwards Spike's character to a whole new level. It finally gives the audience Spike's perspective on the events of S6, which was much-needed. It effectively changes Buffy's very ideology by showing a soulless vampire who was willing to fight for his soul. It comments on themes set up very early on in the series, and it foreshadows and sets the stage for events and themes that will run till the end of the series. It's absolutely brilliant.

Lo es.

Un par de vídeos:

-De cuando el episodio 100 (5x22, The Gift, aunque también salen imágenes del 6x01 y/o 02)



Dos vídeos sobre la temporada 4:



(parte 2)



-Un especial de alrededor 2001, pues básicamente se ve el musical:

How Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed TV and no one noticed

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Artículo sobre la genial quinta temporada:

DEATH IS YOUR GIFT – IN PRAISE OF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’S FIFTH SEASON

Estos días (5 de octubre) (mi cumple ) se cumplen 20 años del estreno de Angel:

24 Reasons "Angel" Was Perfect — In Honor Of Its 20th Anniversary

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Edito con una entrevista reciente a Sarah Michelle Gellar:

Sarah Michelle Gellar Talks Buffy and Her Most Beloved Roles Ahead of Her Return to TV

La serie siempre tuvo tendencia a vestirla acorde a las circunstancias y en la vida real parece haberle influido:

I wrote about your iconic Buffy hairstyles and you tweeted in response, “I see a lot of hair DON’TS.” Is there a single costume that stands out?
Leather pants. I mean, I learned to wear leather pants on Buffy. I called them my fighting pants. If Buffy had the leather pants on it was time to fight.

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Edito de nuevo con artículo durante el 20 aniversario de Buffy y una gran (e inaudita porque.. Parece que al final no eran todo sonrisas) foto:

Twenty years ago, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” created the blueprint for what we watch today

50 Fictional Librarians, Ranked

Giles en el número 1:

1. Rupert Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Home library: Sunnydale High library

Special talents: Watching (obviously), traditionally English understatements, getting knocked out, taking his glasses off and rubbing the bridge of his nose, acting in loco parentis, acoustic guitar, not being a hero.

Best luddite quote: “Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a-a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and-and-and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is a . . . it, uh, it has no-no texture, no-no context. It’s-it’s there and then it’s gone. If it’s to last, then-then the getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible. It should be, um, smelly.”

Extra credit: “Xander, don’t speak Latin in front of the books.”

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Edito: top 22 de Goomba Stomp:

The 22 Best ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Episodes

1. The Body
2. Chosen
3. The Gift
4/5 Graduation Day 1&2
6. Once More With Feeling
7. Conversations With Dead People
8. Fool For Love
9. Passion
10. Lover's Walk
11/12. Becoming 1&2
13. Band Candy
14. Seeing Red
15. Hush
16. Innocence
17. Two To Go
18. A New Man
19. Lie To Me
20. The Zeppo
21. Something Blue
22. Prophecy Girl

Parece que el, posiblemente, mejor episodio de The Haunting of Hill House, "Two Storms", está inspirado en The Body.

Ahora recuerdo que Mike Flanagan es fan de Buffy...

18. "Two Storms" was inspired by "The Body" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Madre del amor hermoso... Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, Karen Gillan y Steven Moffat en una misma foto... Me pones una sola más de mis obsesiones personales en ella y estallo.

¿Quien coño saca la foto? Porque si es Alan Moore ya podeis ir llamando a la ambulancia.

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Madre del amor hermoso... Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, Karen Gillan y Steven Moffat en una misma foto... Me pones una sola más de mis obsesiones personales en ella y estallo.

¿Quien coño saca la foto? Porque si es Alan Moore ya podeis ir llamando a la ambulancia.

La vi anoche y casi estallo también. Parece que fueron al teatro (en Londres, claro).

Nota corazón: parece que Heather Horton, pintora, al lado de Whedon, es su nueva pareja (a todo esto podemos dar, creo, por finiquitadas las opciones de la serie aquella con su ¿ex? Siobahn Thompson, Pippa Smith Growing Up Detective, ya que han pasado como 15 meses desde el anuncio...).

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La vi anoche y casi estallo también. Parece que fueron al teatro (en Londres, claro).

Nota corazón: parece que Heather Horton, pintora, al lado de Whedon, es su nueva pareja (a todo esto podemos dar, creo, por finiquitadas las opciones de la serie aquella con su ¿ex? Siobahn Thompson, Pippa Smith Growing Up Detective, ya que han pasado como 15 meses desde el anuncio...).

¿Donde está Gatiss?. Es lo que le ha faltado a la foto para ser perfecta.

PD: Me encanta como lo has planificado todo -en realidad no, has tenido lio, pero déjame ilusionarme -, para ponerte con Potter en temporada pre-navideña, una vez se ha metido el frío ya del todo. Si es que le pega, leche. Es lo suyo.

Felicidades atrasadísimas por tu cumple, Synch.

Iniciado por Branagh/Doyle

¿Donde está Gatiss?. Es lo que le ha faltado a la foto para ser perfecta.

PD: Me encanta como lo has planificado todo -en realidad no, has tenido lio, pero déjame ilusionarme -, para ponerte con Potter en temporada pre-navideña, una vez se ha metido el frío ya del todo. Si es que le pega, leche. Es lo suyo.

Planificación, planificación! Como Whedon pensando en la hermana de Buffy como 2 temporadas antes

Iniciado por Branagh/Doyle

Felicidades atrasadísimas por tu cumple, Synch.

Muchas gracias!

Veo que la relación de la serie Wynonna Earp con Buffy es ya inicial en su showrunner, fan de la serie, y que parece vendió la serie como -en parte- algo como Buffy. Además Melanie Scofrano también parece fan y en una entrevista Dominique Provost dice que su autor de género favorito es Joss Whedon

Dato curioso: Dominique Provost, que tenía un pequeño papel en Age of Ultron, hizo de doble de cuerpo para Scarlett Johansson. Creo que es la de la derecha:



Más, un artículo sobre las similitudes con Buffy con entrevista a la showrunner Emily Andras:

How Syfy's 'Wynonna Earp' Is Paying Homage to 'Buffy'

An early review of Wynonna Earp mentioned that you had the Joss Whedon playbook open for reference. Do you think that the comparisons to Whedon and/or Buffy helped get eyes on the show?

I think so. When I was pitching Wynonna Earp I said that it was Buffy meets Justified. I truly believe Buffy is the beloved cult hit because it deserves to be. It speaks volumes that 20 years have gone by and we're still talking about that show. People see it for what it was, which is groundbreaking. I can't even pretend that Buffy didn't influence me, but I don't want to say Wynonna is derivative. I hope it's not. Joss really taught me what an action heroine could be, which is a completely three-dimensional girl or woman with all those complications who can also kick butt.

Wynonna's pistol, Peacemaker, is essentially Buffy's Mr. Pointy.

Exactly. But with a slightly bigger boom. The thing we do with Peacemaker, which I enjoy, is if you think of it as a horse we're kind of winking at the Western. It's almost as if it has a personality of its own and it's not always obedient. It seems to have its own moral code and its own agency. I like the push/pull. She has a real relationship with it.

Much like Buffy, there's some apologizing that goes along with admitting to watching Wynonna Earp. But if online fandom reveals anything, it's that there's an audience, and that audience is starved for strong, well written female characters. What do you hope viewers takeaway from the show?

Look, it's a big concept, and it's almost a hard sell. The title is slightly ridiculous, and the budget is like, $10. It's a lot like Buffy in that way. I always say, you can see the zipper up the back of the werewolf's costume. The one thing that I strive to emulate from Buffy above everything else is that despite its camp factor and its low budget, it really was about something — about being a woman in the modern world and carving your path and making your own family. You can enjoy Wynonna for both things. I don't apologize for anything. Especially in today's political landscape. I think about people who come home after a long day working, and there's no shame in turning on a show that is pure escapism, that makes you feel joy and laugh out loud, and cry. And maybe make you feel a little empowered for 42 minutes. I want to show that there is more than one type of woman in the world, and there is more than one type of a way for a woman to be a hero. I really relate to people that have struggled to define themselves and to become who they want to be versus what society thinks they should be. It's something I've fought against my whole life, and I think that's why I feel so passionately about representing good LGBTQ on TV, as well. Obviously, the LGBTQ community is one that never sees themselves represented in a way that feels real and fresh and diverse. It's time that our entertainment delivered real characters to us wherever possible. I just want people to feel inspired. I don't care which character on Wynonna Earp inspires you because I think they're all flawed and heroic in a different way. The way that people have embraced Wayhaught is huge to me, the sister relationship is huge to me, the bromance is huge to me. I tricked everybody and wrote a sci-fi show and then added a billion female characters in the traditional male roles, and it seems to be working.

You need to get to at least season 6 for your Buffy-inspired musical episode. Do you think Wynonna Earp could ever possibly go there?

Tim was on a show called Instant Star where he played a boy band manager. Obviously Dom [Provost-Chalkley as Waverly Earp] can sing as we've seen on an episode, Mel has a beautiful voice, Shamier is an incredibly talented singer and I believe dancer. I think Kat Barrell can sing, and if not, we can help her like they helped Amber Benson who was so shy on Buffy. And if not, she can rap. Full Haught gangster rap. With Nedley.

That Twitter handle is being secured as we speak.

Nicole Haught's Microphone. The one thing I will say is that the musical episode of Buffy is so beloved, and the bar is so high that it would have to be really well done. Joss Whedon, can you write it for me? Thanks.

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En este otro artículo el primer punto es sobre esas similitudes:

1. The story is a unique modernized “cousin” of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I don’t know about you, but I could draw parallels to Joss Whedon‘s cult classic right off the bat. Wynonna Earp has a witty protagonist in the revenant slayer of the same name (Melanie Scrofano), just as Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) possessed that same dry sense of humor as the Chosen One. Each leading lady bore a destiny laden with monster slaying. You have the love triangle between Doc Holliday (Tim Rozon), Agent Dolls (Shamier Anderson) and Wynonna. Buffy the Vampire Slayer also had the love triangle between Spike (James Marsters), Angel (David Boreanaz) and Buffy. A heartfelt romance in WayHaught – Waverly Earp (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) and Nicole Haught (Katherine Barrell).

Of course, lest we forget, Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Tara Maclay (Amber Benson) were a much loved coupling of the early 2000s. They broke television barriers and paved the way for WayHaught. I wrote a whole series of character comparisons between the two fantasy series entitled “Wynonna Wednesdays.” Read them all here, Earpers.